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World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement
World in the Balance The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement
Author: Robert P. Crease
?Shows that the story of metrology . . . can in the right hands make for a riveting read.??The EconomistMillions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly fascinating, always ente...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393343540
ISBN-10: 0393343545
Publication Date: 10/8/2012
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Paperback
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